LITTLE ROCK  Two Occupy Little Rock members who were not certified for the ballot for at-large Little Rock city director positions will submit affidavits in a bid to show they should be allowed to run, officials agreed at a court hearing Friday.

A judge will then decide next week whether Kaitlin Lott and Adam Lanksy should be certified as candidates.

An attorney for the pair filed a motion Thursday seeking their certification after the city clerk determined neither had enough signatures from registered, eligible voters to qualify for the race.

Lott and Lansky each handed in more than the required 50 signatures, but each petition had several names stricken when the address listed on the form didn't match voter registration records.

David Couch, an attorney representing Lott and Lansky, countered that the stricken signatures should be counted if they belong to registered voters in Little Rock who simply have outdated voter registration information.

In a hearing Friday morning before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Jay Moody, the two sides agreed to delay printing of the ballots while Couch submits affidavits from the signers in question affirming their status as eligible city voters.

Over the past year, my involvement in a ballot initiative and other political organizing have led me to understand that the hoops citizens must jump through to be engaged, active citizens; to demand redress of grievances; and to engage in the legislative process are onerous and obsolete. We need to reform this system. BTW, for those in LR, Kaitlin plans to run a strictly volunteer-driven campaign. I'm not sure whether Adam is doing the same. Kudos to both Adam and Kaitlin for seeing this through. I'd vote for you both but I live in S. Arkansas. Look for their pages on Facebook, if you'd like to help.

I am glad to see people starting to take interest in politics. Unlike some of the idiots posting on here. I do not see them trying to change the world. I hope they follow what the people they are representing want and not there for their own fame.